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GLM 5 vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B
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Winner summary
GLM 5 wins on 6/8 benchmarks
GLM 5 wins 6 of 8 shared benchmarks. Leads in arena · math · language.
Category leads
arena·GLM 5math·GLM 5knowledge·Qwen3.5 397B A17Blanguage·GLM 5coding·GLM 5
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
GLM 5
#53 by perf·#27 by attention
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
#3 by perf·no signal
Best value
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
1.5x better value than GLM 5
GLM 5
38.1 pts/$
$1.51/M
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
57.4 pts/$
$1.36/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
z-ai
private · undisclosed
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
8 benchmarks · 2 models
GLM 5Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding
GLM 5 leads by +54.9
GLM 5
1441.0
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
1386.1
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
GLM 5 leads by +7.8
GLM 5
1455.6
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
1447.7
OpenCompass · AIME2025
GLM 5 leads by +3.5
GLM 5
95.8
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
92.3
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +3.1
GLM 5
85.3
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
88.4
OpenCompass · HLE
GLM 5 leads by +0.6
GLM 5
28.1
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
27.5
OpenCompass · IFEval
GLM 5 leads by +1.7
GLM 5
93.2
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
91.5
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6
GLM 5 leads by +3.2
GLM 5
86.2
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
83.0
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +2.4
GLM 5
85.2
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
87.6
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | GLM 5 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
|---|---|---|
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding | 1441.0 | 1386.1 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1455.6 | 1447.7 |
OpenCompass · AIME2025 | 95.8 | 92.3 |
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond | 85.3 | 88.4 |
OpenCompass · HLE | 28.1 | 27.5 |
OpenCompass · IFEval | 93.2 | 91.5 |
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6 | 86.2 | 83.0 |
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro | 85.2 | 87.6 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLM 5 | $0.72 | $2.30 | 80K tokens (~40 books) | $11.15 |
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B | $0.39 | $2.34 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $8.78 |
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